Globally, women are facing social, economic, and cultural barriers impeding their autonomy and agency. Accelerated women empowerment programs often fail to attain their targets as envisaged by the policymakers due to a variety of reasons, with the most prominent being the deep-rooted cultural norms ingrained within society. In the era of globalization, empowerment of women demands new approaches and strategies that encourage the mainstreaming of gender equality as a societal norm. The Handbook of Research on New Dimensions of Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment is a critical scholarly publication that examines global gender issues and new strategies for the promotion of women empowerment and gender mainstreaming in various spheres of women’s lives, including education and ICT, economic participation, health and sexuality, mental health, aging, law and judiciary, leadership, and decision making. It provides a comprehensive coverage of all major gender issues with novel ideas on gender mainstreaming being contributed by men and women authors from multidisciplinary backgrounds. Gender perspective and intersectional approach in the discourses make this handbook a unique contribution to the scholarship of social sciences and humanities. The book provides new theoretical inputs and practical directions to academicians, sociologists, social workers, psychologists, managers, lawyers, policy makers, and government officials in their efforts at gender mainstreaming. With a wide range of conceptual richness, this handbook is an excellent reference guide to students and researchers in programs pertaining to gender/women's studies, cultural studies, economics, sociology, social work, medicine, law, and management.

Gender Budgeting Has Been Internationally Recognized As A Key Tool For Empowering Women By Incorporating Gender Perspective And Concerns At All Levels And Stages Of Development Planning, Policy, Programmes And Delivery Mechanism. Government Of India Has Adopted Gender Budgeting For Gender Equity As Mission Statement And Is Widely Disseminating Tools And Strategies Across Ministries And Departments. The Importance Of Gender Budgeting Has Been Stressed Time And Again Different Forum. A Government Budget Is A Financial Statement Of The Expected Revenue And Intended Expenditure Of The Government Over A Given Period. The Government Budget Is Not Simply A Technical Instrument For Compiling And Reporting On Government Revenue And Expenditure Plans But It Is Also A Primary Policy Statement Made By The Government. The Budget Has Three Crucial Economic Functions Viz. Allocation Of Resources, Distribution Of And Wealth, And Stabilization Of Economy. Gender Responsive Budgets Seek To Uncover The Impact Of Resource Allocations On Women, Men, Girls And Boys. The Present Volume Containing Of 34 Well Written Papers Highlight The Various The Aspects And Dimensions Of Gender Perspective, Concems And Mainstreaming In Development Policy, Planning And Programmes. It Also Attempts And Programmes. It Also Attempts To Assess The Impact Of Gender Budgeting On Women Empowerment Through Presenting Analysis Of Specific Case Studies. It Is Hoped That The Present Volume Will Be Of Immense Importance For The Policy Makers, Administrators, Development Professionals And Those Who Are Interested In The Theme For Understanding And Implementation Of Gender Responsive Budgeting.

Comprises ten papers which document "good practice" in gender budget work from across the globe.

"The 2012 report recognized that expanding women's agency - their ability to make decisions and take advantage of opportunities is key to improving their lives as well as the world. This report represents a major advance in global knowledge on this critical front. The vast data and thousands of surveys distilled in this report cast important light on the nature of constraints women and girls continue to face globally. This report identifies promising opportunities and entry points for lasting transformation, such as interventions that reach across sectors and include life-skills training, sexual and reproductive health education, conditional cash transfers, and mentoring. It finds that addressing what the World Health Organization has identified as an epidemic of violence against women means sharply scaling up engagement with men and boys. The report also underlines the vital role information and communication technologies can play in amplifying women's voices, expanding their economic and learning opportunities, and broadening their views and aspirations. The World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity demand no less than the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys, around the world." -- Publisher's description.

This guide provides practitioners, politicians and policy communities with the basic information needed to understand gender-responsive budgets and to start initiatives based on their own local situations.

This unique book focuses on the hybridization of grassroots participation in planning, implementing, and developing gender-responsive budgeting. It explores the possibilities for gender sensitive budgeting when implemented using techniques that have been popularized by participatory governance activists. A combination of the two allows for a whole new way of ensuring public budgets are used equitably.